# Psalms 30.3

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. <sup>A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.</sup> I will extol thee, O Jehovah; For thou hast raised me up, And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. 2. O Jehovah my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
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> **3. O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.**
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> 4. Sing praise unto Jehovah, O ye saints of his, And give thanks to his holy memorial name. 5. For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy cometh in the morning. (Psalms 30:1-5, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. <b>A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David. </b> I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. 2. Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.
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> **3. Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.**
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> 4. Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name. 5. For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning. (Psalms 30:1-5, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. 2. O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
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> **3. O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.**
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> 4. Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. <sup>at: or, to the memorial</sup> 5. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. <sup>his anger: Heb. there is but a moment in his anger</sup> <sup>for a night: Heb. in the evening</sup> <sup>joy: Heb. singing</sup> (Psalms 30:1-5, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. A Psalm., A song of the dedication of the house of David. I exalt Thee, O Jehovah, For Thou hast drawn me up, and hast not let mine enemies rejoice over me. 2. Jehovah my God, I have cried to Thee, And Thou dost heal me.
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> **3. Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down [to] the pit.**
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> 4. Sing praise to Jehovah, ye His saints, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness, 5. For, a moment [is] in His anger, Life [is] in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing. (Psalms 30:1-5, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H7585 - sheol](/codex/h7585-sheol/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.